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Bug 855869 - dev-libs/libev-4.33 fails to compile (lto): ev.h:691:4: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasing]
Summary: dev-libs/libev-4.33 fails to compile (lto): ev.h:691:4: error: dereferencing ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Yixun Lan
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Depends on:
Blocks: lto 859643 854186 856109 857603 857741 861233
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Reported: 2022-07-02 12:49 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2024-02-29 00:50 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


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build.log (build.log,124.22 KB, text/plain)
2022-07-02 12:49 UTC, Agostino Sarubbo
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-02 12:49:49 UTC
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/

Issue: dev-libs/libev-4.33 fails to compile (lto).
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: lto_tinderbox)

NOTE:
This machine uses lto with CFLAGS=-flto -Werror=odr -Werror=lto-type-mismatch -Werror=strict-aliasing
Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-02 12:49:52 UTC
Created attachment 789497 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info
Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2022-07-26 09:00:58 UTC
Here is a bit of explanation:

-Werror=lto-type-mismatch:
User to find possible runtime issues in packages. It likely means the package is unsafe to build & use with LTO.
For projects using the same identifier but with different types across different files, they must be fixed to be consistent across the codebase.

-Werror=odr:
Used to find possible runtime issues in packages. These bugs are a problem anyway but may be even worse when combined with LTO. C++ code must comply with the One Definition Rule (ODR) - see https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/definition#One_Definition_Rule.

-Werror=strict-aliasing:
Used to find possible runtime issues in packages. These bugs are a problem anyway but may be even worse when combined with LTO.

Workarounds:
- If upstream is friendly and still active, file a bug upstream. For emulators, codecs, games, or multimedia packages, it may be worth just applying a workaround instead, as upstreams sometimes aren't receptive to these bugs (VALID FOR ALL).
- Use the new 'filter-lto' from flag-o-matic.eclass as it's likely to be unsafe with LTO (VALID FOR lto-type-mismatch - odr).
- Fix it yourself if interested, of course (VALID FOR ALL).
- Append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).
- Use memcpy() but a union is sometimes suitable too (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).
- -fstrict-aliasing is implied by -O2, so this must be addressed in some form (VALID FOR strict-aliasing).

See also: https://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=165639574126280&w=2
Comment 3 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2024-02-29 00:50:47 UTC
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=0ce97e67de4e5ca16fa28930949bbea55df91185

commit 0ce97e67de4e5ca16fa28930949bbea55df91185
Author:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-02-29 00:45:50 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-02-29 00:45:50 +0000

    dev-libs/libev: filter LTO, no-SA
    
    Broken quite badly, no upstream bug tracker AFAICT. And broken in many bundled copies
    all over the place (which are modified...)
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/855869
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>

 dev-libs/libev/libev-4.33.ebuild | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)